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Reducing Restaurant Food Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

Donation, composting, and organic recycling are all available options to restaurant operators attempting to reduce the amount of food scraps entering their solid waste bins. Audit the waste stream and try to identify current trends and how much waste is actually being generated. Composting. Organic Recycling.

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How can coffee shops reduce single-use cup waste? 

Perfect Daily Grind

As they’re difficult to recycle, we can also conclude most of these cups end up going to landfill, where they contribute to a growing waste problem. You may also like our article on why recycling single-use coffee cups is so difficult. Can you recycle single-use cups? Read on to learn more about what they had to tell me.

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6 Ways To Enhance Waste Management System To Reduce Restaurant Operating Costs

The Restaurant Times

Conduct Waste Audits. You need to conduct waste audits to know the exact amount of food waste that gets generated from various sources. The goals and benefits of the waste audit must be clear to the team so that it can proactively contribute to the audit and come together to refine the waste management system.

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Winterizing Your Restaurant: Navigating Challenges and Ensuring Sustainability

The Rail

Fortunately, there are sustainable practices you can employ to lower utility costs , including: Conducting an energy efficiency audit : Knowing is half the battle, and energy efficiency audits can provide a baseline to measure the impact of your sustainability efforts.

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3 Simple Ways Restaurants Can Reduce Food Waste this Holiday Season

Xtra Chef

According to Ecocycle, one of the largest non-profit recyclers in the US, less than 15% of restaurant food waste is collected for composting. The Boulder-based firm recently released a special report offering restaurant operators insights and advice on how they can reduce waste through composting. Donate Leftover Food.

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Coffee News Recap, 30 Sep: SCA announces 2022 WBC and WBrC winners at MICE, new study links daily coffee consumption with increased longevity & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

The Dubai roaster says the partnership will reduce the environmental impact of its coffee shops, mainly through recycling used coffee grounds. OCRI uses recyclable and compostable packaging and has reduced food waste in its coffee shops to less than 3%. Uganda anticipates record-breaking coffee harvest for 2022/23.

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Restaurants Save up to 10% on Food Costs by Reducing Waste

Cheetah

First Things First: Waste Audit Without conducting a waste audit you will not know the amount of food waste you produce. Separate paper, plastic, glass and cardboard, which are recyclable, food that can be redirected as compost, or simply landfill. Weigh and record all the different categories. Next, train your staff.

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